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Gus Borgeest


Gus Borgeest (born 1 October 1909, Ningbo, China) was the founder of a camp for refugees from mainland China on Sunshine Island, Hong Kong. He was also winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1961.

A refugee from Shanghai, he went to Hong Kong in 1951 with his Chinese wife Mona with two Hong Kong dollars in their pocket.

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Gus Borgeest Wikipedia


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